It has unchurched millions, is still unchurching at a tremendous rate, and will end by unchurching itself. ❋ Unknown (N/A)
In thus degrading Philosophy, unchurching her ignominiously, as fit only to deal with the Finite, -- in other words, making her the lackey of mere ❋ Various (N/A)
“Secondly, to repeal or contract the late Act of Toleration is not the way for this so much wished-for happiness; to have laws revived that should set one party a plundering, excommunicating and unchurching another, that should renew the oppressions and devastations of late reigns, this will not by any means contribute to this Peace, which all good men desire.” ❋ Minto, William, 1845-1893 (1879)
This is all very well, but when she goes to unchurching all our churches and saying there are no ordained ministers in the United States except the few in Episcopal pulpits, I am dreadfully tempted to run a tilt with her, though ❋ Unknown (1878)
"Secondly, to repeal or contract the late Act of Toleration is not the way for this so much wished-for happiness; to have laws revived that should set one party a plundering, excommunicating and unchurching another, that should renew the oppressions and devastations of late reigns, this will not by any means contribute to this Peace, which all good men desire." ❋ William Minto (1869)
The doctrinal peculiarities of no denomination, though often highly important, can therefore be regarded as _fundamental, _ without unchurching all other denominations and consigning them to perdition. ❋ Unknown (1836)
_Thirdly_, the idea of our "unchurching others," is openly disclaimed by the Platform, as was proved above. ❋ Unknown (1836)
Severity is a word that sounds harshly; and I do not remember that it is any where else in scripture ascribed to God; and it is here applied to the unchurching of the Jews. ❋ Unknown (1721)
Fourthly, These pillars of the Church, because "the harvest was great, and the labourers few," and because they would ease the bishops from that grievous trouble of laying on hands: were willing to allow that power to all men whatsoever, to prevent that terrible consequence of unchurching those, who thought a hand from under a cloak as effectual as from lawn-sleeves. ❋ Jonathan Swift (1706)
"Instead of churching the unchurched," he laments, "we are well on our way to even unchurching the churched." ❋ Unknown (2008)
In my first letter to you I stated and explained at length my belief that making attendance at class-meeting an essential condition of membership in the Church of God, is not only requiring what is not enjoined in the word of God, but excluding, on other than scriptural grounds, exemplary persons from the Church of Christ, and unchurching the baptized children of our people who, as well as their parents, are scripturally entitled to membership in the Church. ❋ Egerton Ryerson (1842)
